tubo

See also: Tubo, tubò, túbō, Túbó, tùbò, tūbō, and Tǔbō

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, compare Malay tebu.

Noun

tubo

1. sugar cane

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

1. tube

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “tubo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tubo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈtu.bo]
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

túbo (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. a pipe, a tube (for water)

Derived terms

• tubero

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈbo/ [tuˈbo]
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubó (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. sugarcane

Derived terms

• katubohan

 

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuboʔ/ [ˈtu.boʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubò (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. growth, sprouting

   Synonym: tambo

2. mushroom

   Synonym: kurakding

3. (finance) interest

   Synonym: interes

Derived terms

• magtubo

 

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧bo
• IPA^(key): /ˈtuboʔ/ [ˈt̪u.boʔ]

Verb

tubo

1. to grow
2. to profit; to gain profit
3. to pay the interest in order to renew or extend a loan

Noun

tubo

1. the growth of a person, plant, etc.
2. (finance) interest

   Synonym: interes

3. (accounting, economics) profit

Etymology 2

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522. Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS. Compare Malay tebu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧bo
• IPA^(key): /tuˈbo/ [t̪ʊˈbo]

Noun

tubo

1. sugar cane

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish tubo, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧bo
• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪u.bo]

Noun

tubo

1. pipe (rigid tube)
2. (anatomy) Fallopian tube
3. penis

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tubo.

Anagrams

• buot, buto, tuob

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tubo and English tube.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtubo]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo (accusative singular tubon, plural tuboj, accusative plural tubojn)

1. tube

Derived terms

• fumtubo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪u.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

1. tube, pipe (open at both ends)
2. tube (container closed at one end)

Related terms

• tubular

Further reading

• “tubo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Interlingua

Noun

tubo (plural tubos)

1. tube

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bo/
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Hyphenation: tù‧bo

Etymology 1

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

tubo

Wikipedia ^it

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Noun

tubo m (plural tubi)

1. tube
2. pipe
3. (derogatory, vulgar) a male homosexual

Related terms

• estubare
• intubare
• tubaggio
• tubatura
• tubazione
• tubetto
• tubicino
• tubicolo
• tubiero
• tubista
• tubolare
• tubo neurale

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tubare

Latin

Noun

tubō

1. dative/ablative singular of tubus

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• tübu

Etymology

From Italian tubo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtybu/

Noun

tubo m (plural tubo)

1. tube

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bu/ [ˈtu.βu]

• Rhymes: -ubu
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

1. tube
2. pipe
3. (surfing) tube

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tubo.

Further reading

• “tubo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

tubo

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪u.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: tu‧bo
• Homophone: tuvo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

1. tube

   Synonym: canuto

2. (Latin America) receiver (on a telephone)

Derived terms

• baile del tubo
• barco lanzatorpedos
• falda de tubo
• pollera tubo
• por un tubo
• tubo de buceo
• tubo de ensayo
• tubo de escape
• tubo de rayos catódicos
• tubo digestivo
• tubo fluorescente
• tubo lanzatorpedos
• tubo neural

 

Related terms

• tolva

 

Further reading

• “tubo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq (cf. Fijian tubu (“to grow”), Javanese ꦠꦸꦮꦸꦃ (tuwuh, “to grow”), Maori tupu (“to grow”), Malay tubuh (“body”) / tumbuh (“to grow”)), from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (cf. Paiwan cuvuq (“sprout”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtuboʔ/ [ˈt̪uː.boʔ] (“sprout; growth; native; (finance) interest; profit”, noun; “native (of a person)”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -uboʔ
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈboʔ/ [t̪ʊˈboʔ] (“growing, germinating”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. sprout; shoot

   Synonyms: supling, supang, talbos, usbong, suloy

2. germination; growth (of a seed)

   Synonyms: pagtubo, sibol, pagsibol, supang, pagsupang

3. native of a place
4. (finance) interest

   Synonyms: interes, gana, ganansiya

5. profit

   Synonym: kita

6. (figurative) new growth

   Synonyms: supang, suloy

Derived terms

• katutubo
• lupang-tinubuan
• magpapatubo
• magpatubo
• magtubo
• makatubo
• matubo
• pagpapatubo
• pagtubo
• pagtubuan
• pagtubuan
• pagtutubo
• pampatubo
• papagtubuin
• patubuan
• patubuin
• tinubo
• tubong binaboy
• tubong lugaw
• tubuan
• tubuan
• tubuin
• tumubo

 

Adjective

tubò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. native of a place (of a person)

See also

• taga-

 

Adjective

tubô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. already growing or germinating (of seeds)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (cf. Chamorro tupu, Kapampangan atbu, Sambali tabo, Malay tebu, Tausug tubu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS (cf. Kavalan tbus, Paiwan tjevus).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈbo/ [t̪ʊˈbo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. sugar cane

Derived terms

• magtubo
• magtutubo
• talbustubo
• tubuhan

 

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish tubo, from Latin tubus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪uː.bo]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. tube; pipe
2. tube (of toothpaste, paint, etc.)
3. glass bulb or tube (used to protect the light of a lamp)

   Synonym: embudo

Derived terms

• magtubero
• pagtutubero
• tubero

 

Further reading

• “tubo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Cubuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tebuS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• but-o, buto, buot

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.bo]

Verb

tubo

1. (transitive) to prod fruit

Conjugation

Conjugation of tubo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totubo	fotubo	mitubo
2nd	notubo	nitubo
3rd	Masculine	otubo	itubo, yotubo†
Feminine	motubo
Neuter	itubo
† - archaic

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.bo]

Noun

tubo

1. thick billowing smoke

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh